Charles Oudinot

Charles Nicolas Victor Oudinot (3 November 1791-7 June 1863) was the Duke of Reggio and a general of France during the Italian Wars of Unification.

Biography
Charles Nicolas Victor Oudinot was the eldest son of Marshal Nicolas Oudinot, one of the 26 Marechals of Emperor Napoleon I of France. He served in the campaigns of Napoleon from 1809 to 1814 and was promoted to Major in 1814, while leading cavalry. In 1836 he was appointed Inspector-General of Cavalry and held the post until 1848, when he was dispatched to lead a French expedition to capture Rome. The Roman Republic of Giuseppe Mazzini was crushed in 1849 by Oudinot's army and he restored Pope Pius IX to power. After Louis Napoleon's coup of 1851 Oudinot retired and died in Paris in 1863.